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Tuesday, July 31, 2012 

Daily Digest 

Senate 

Chamber Action 

Routine Proceedings, pages S5691–S5803 

Measures Introduced: Six bills and two resolutions 

were introduced, as follows: S. 3459–3464, S.J. Res. 

48, and S. Res. 534. Page S5732 

Measures Reported: 

Special Report entitled ‘‘Activities of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs During the 111th Congress’’. (S. Rept. No. 

112–193) 

S. 641, to provide 100,000,000 people with firsttime access to safe drinking water and sanitation on 

a sustainable basis within six years by improving the 

capacity of the United States Government to fully 

implement the Senator Paul Simon Water for the 

Poor Act of 2005. (S. Rept. No. 112–194) 

H.R. 1560, to amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo 

and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas 

Restoration Act to allow the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo 

Tribe to determine blood quantum requirement for 

membership in that tribe. 

S. 792, to authorize the waiver of certain debts relating to assistance provided to individuals and 

households since 2005, with an amendment in the 

nature of a substitute. 

S. 3410, to extend the Undertaking Spam, 

Spyware, And Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers 

beyond Borders Act of 2006. Page S5731 

Measures Passed: 

Honoring Oswaldo Paya Sardinas: Committee 

on Foreign Relations was discharged from further 

consideration of S. Res. 525, honoring the life and 

legacy of Oswaldo Paya Sardinas, and the resolution 

was then agreed to, after agreeing to the following 

amendment proposed thereto: Pages S5802–03 

Lieberman (for Nelson (FL)) Amendment No. 

2740, to condemn the Government of Cuba for the 

detention of nearly 50 pro-democracy activists following the memorial service for Oswaldo Paya 

Sardinas. Page S5802 

Measures Considered: 

Cybersecurity Act—Cloture: Senate continued consideration of S. 3414, to enhance the security and resiliency of the cyber and communications infrastructure of the United States, after taking action on the 

following amendments and motions proposed thereto: Pages S5694–S5705, S5705–24 

Pending: 

Reid (for Lieberman) Amendment No. 2731, of a 

perfecting nature. Page S5724 

Reid (for Franken) Amendment No. 2732 (to 

Amendment No. 2731), of a perfecting nature. 

 Page S5724 

Reid Amendment No. 2733 (to the language proposed to be stricken by Amendment No. 2731), of 

a perfecting nature. Page S5724 

Reid Amendment No. 2734 (to Amendment No. 

2733), of a perfecting nature. Page S5724 

Reid motion to commit the bill to the Committee 

on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 

with instructions, Reid Amendment No. 2735, to 

change the enactment date. Page S5724 

Reid Amendment No. 2736 (to (the instructions) 

Amendment No. 2735), of a perfecting nature. 

 Page S5724 

Reid Amendment No. 2737 (to Amendment No. 

2736), of a perfecting nature. Page S5724 

A motion was entered to close further debate on 

the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of 

Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a 

vote on cloture will occur on Thursday, August 2, 

2012. Page S5724 

Veterans Jobs Corps Act: Senate began consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 

3429, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 

establish a veterans jobs corps. Pages S5724–25 

Message from the President: Senate received the 

following message from the President of the United 

States: 

Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 

the issuance of an Executive Order to take additional 

steps with respect to the national emergency originally declared on March 15, 1995 in Executive 

Order 12957 with respect to Iran; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

Urban Affairs. (PM–60) Pages S5730–31 

Executive Reports of Committees: Senate received 

the following executive report of a committee: 


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D796 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST July 31, 2012 

Report to accompany Convention on the Rights of 

Persons with Disabilities (Treaty Doc. 112–7) (Ex. 

Rept. 112–6). Page S5731 

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations: 

Eric J. Jolly, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the 

National Museum and Library Services Board for a 

term expiring December 6, 2016. 

Susana Torruella Leval, of New York, to be a 

Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 2015. 

 Page S5803 

Measures Placed on the Calendar: 

 Pages S5691, S5731 

Executive Reports of Committees: Page S5731 

Additional Cosponsors: Pages S5732–34 

Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: 

 Pages S5734–38 

Additional Statements: Pages S5727–29 

Amendments Submitted: Pages S5738–93 

Authorities for Committees to Meet: Page S5793 

Privileges of the Floor: Page S5793 

Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:14 p.m., until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 1, 2012. (For Senate’s program, see the 

remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today’s 

Record on page S5803.) 

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF 

DEFENSE 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense approved for full committee consideration an original bill making appropriations for the 

Department of Defense for the fiscal year 2013. 

BUSINESS MEETING 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 

Committee ordered favorably reported the following 

business items: 

S. 1956, to prohibit operators of civil aircraft of 

the United States from participating in the European 

Union’s emissions trading scheme, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; 

S. 1980, to prevent, deter, and eliminate illegal, 

unreported, and unregulated fishing through port 

State measures; 

S. 2279, to amend the R.M.S. Titanic Maritime 

Memorial Act of 1986 to provide additional protection for the R.M.S. Titanic and its wreck site; 

S. 2388, to reauthorize and amend the National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; 

S. 3410, to extend the Undertaking Spam, 

Spyware, And Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers 

beyond Borders Act of 2006; 

The nominations of William P. Doyle, of Pennsylvania, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner, Michael Peter Huerta, of the District of Columbia, to 

be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, Patricia K. Falcone, of California, to be an 

Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President; and 

A promotion list in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps. 

RURAL WATER PROJECTS 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee 

concluded a hearing to examine S. 3385, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to use designated 

funding to pay for construction of authorized rural 

water projects, after receiving testimony from Senator Baucus; Michael L. Connor, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; 

Bruce Sunchild, Sr., Chippewa Cree Tribe of the 

Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Box Elder, Montana; Gayla 

Brumfield, Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority, Albuquerque; Troy Larson, Lewis and Clark 

Regional Water System, Tea, South Dakota; and Nathan Bracken, Western States Water Council, Murray, Utah. 

NOMINATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded 

a hearing to examine the nominations of James B. 

Cunningham, of New York, to be Ambassador to 

the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and Richard G. 

Olson, of New Mexico, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, both of the Department 

of State, after the nominees testified and answered 

questions in their own behalf. 

DOING BUSINESS IN LATIN AMERICA 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on 

Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Global Narcotics Affairs concluded a hearing to examine doing 

business in Latin America, focusing on positive 

trends but serious challenges, after receiving testimony from Francisco Sanchez, Under Secretary of 

Commerce for International Trade; Matthew M. 

Rooney, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State; and 

Eric Farnsworth, Council of the Americas, and Jodi 

Bond, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, both of Washington, D.C. 


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